pa·no·cha 
(pə-nōchə) also pa·no·che (-chē)
(pə-nōchə) also pa·no·che (-chē)n.
1. A coarse grade of Mexican sugar.
2. Variants of penuche.
[American Spanish, probably from Spanish panoja, panocha, ear of grain, panicle, from Latin pānicula; see PANICLE.]